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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
+ I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND IS NOT BY ANY MEANS A SET OF NEW RESTRICTIONS OR ONEROUS REQUIREMENTS WHICH WILL HAMPER TRADE. ON THE CONTRARY, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO REMOVE DOUBTS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND TO FACILITATE TRADE, MR DORWARD SAID,
IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING ANOTHER PUBLICATION, A GUIDE TO THE RULES FOR OBTAINING CERTIFICATES WHICH ENTITLE HONG KONG PRODUCTS TO BENEFIT UNDER THE VARIOUS GENERALISED SCHEMES OF PREFERENCES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PUBLICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR.
OUTLINING THE WORK OF THE TRADE CONTROLS DIVISION - WHICH WILL BEAR THE MAIN BURDEN OF ENFORCING THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS BILL PASSED INTO LAW THIS WEEK -- MR DORWARD SAID THAT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT HOPES TO TAKE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL UPDATED WEIGHT AND MEASURES LEGISLATION.
APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR COCKEREL GOLD COIN *****
A LIMITED QUANTITY OF $1 000 GOLD COINS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE COMING LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE YEAR OF THE COCKEREL.
APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 8) FROM ALL OFFICES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION AND FROM THE MERCANTILE BANK,
THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 3 PM, DECEMBER 16, TUESDAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY: THE PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IN THAT ONLY CASHIER'S ORDERS AND NOT CHEQUES ON PERSONAL ACCOUNTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AND, IN THE EVENT OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION, THE NUMBER OF COINS ISSUED TO AN APPLICANT WILL BE STRICTLY LIMITED.
+IN THE EVENT OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION FOR EITHER THE PROOF OR THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED VERSION, OR BOTH, ONLY ONE APPLICATION FROM EACH IDENTITY CARD HOLDER FOR EACH VERSION OF THE COIN WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BALLOT.
+APPLICATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE PER IDENTITY CARD WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED BY COMPUTER PRIOR TO BALLOTING.*
THE YEAR OF THE COCKEREL GOLD COIN IS THE SIXTH IN A SERIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ISSUE TO MARK THE 12 LUNAR YEARS WHICH FALL WITHIN THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR YEARS OF 1976-87.
PREVIOUS ISSUES IN THE SERIES HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO NOT MORE THAN 40 000 COINS, BUT IN VIEW OF THE VERY HEAVY OVERSUBSCRIPTION FOR THE MONKEY YEAR COIN AND THE WORLD-WIDE DEMAND FOR MORE COINS THAT FOLLOWED, THE NUMBER OF COINS MINTED TO COMMEMORATE THE YEAR OF THE COCKEREL HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 55 000, COMPRISING 22 000 PROOF AND 33 000 UNCIRCULATED COINS. OF THE TOTAL, 32 000 HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD HOLDERS.
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